Each great console had its charm in the context of its times, but its imposibile tu judge which console was best, simply becasue each generation implies a different gaming experience, whose variable isn't quality as much as it is certain type of gameplay, a certain feeling that you get while playing, a certain paceing and dificulty and most importantly purpose.
For Example many games nowadays are made for people that dont get out much and thus must strive to satisfy several cognitive needs outside of fun, so a WOW nerd playng SMB for the first time will have no fun and will get bored with it imdiatly. While in those days SMB was played by kids for an hour or two at most and then they went outside to play, or did something else, it wasn made to replace reality etc etc.
So in a certain context, every great console is the best console ever.







